The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-20

He Declares There Must Be q Total Re-
versal OF the Governments Irish Policy.
LONDON, Oct 19-Mr. Gladstone made
visit to the Congregation Institute at Noting
ham to-day. Crowds lineo the streets through
which his carriage passed, and he was heartily
cheered. Mr.. Gladstone made an address at the
institute in which he said the pains and ankle
ties of the present political controversy were
greatly mitigated by the conviction that the
work of the Liberal party. though momentarily
one Of strife, aimed at peace. He trusted it was
not profane or irreverent to say that the Prince
of Peace would recognize and bless their efforts
They sought to unite kingdoms now estranged
and to promote harmony among diff
ferent classes. If tho Protestant causs
was the cause of reason, truth and
justice. in following reason, truth and
justice they would best follow the Protestant
cause. prolonged cheers 1t was hopeless to
attempt to deal with the arrears of legislation
to attain a better or healthier position until
there had been total reversal of the disastrous
policy which was now being pursued by the gov
ernment in Ireland. I'VE do not believe" he
said, ''in indefinitely adjournine the discussion
of the great and crying wants under which the
country is laborng for we believe. from all
signs around US, that the great Irish contro-
versy will in no long time be satisfactorily and
triumphantly settled" [Cheers. He advo-
Gated the enfranchisement Of the nation the
primary tool essential TO the work, and he con-
demned fagot voting, declaring that man
should have only vote. This sentiment
elected cheers from the delegates.
This evening Mr.. Gladstone, while driving to
the rink was enthusiastically greeted by the
throngs that lined the route. On arriving at
the rink he received an ovation from assem-
blnee of eight thousand persons. In a speech
he said he would bodily sweep away the law of
entail. He strongly condemned the revival of
the phant ntasy Of protection. He urged the
tension of local government in the direction of
decentralization, but said that these together
with the questions of liquor traffic and disestab-
lshment of the church in Scotland and Wales,
could not be touched until sound adjustment
had been effected in regard to Ireland
Continuing. MIR. Gladstone said it was some
times thought that he should go further and
bind himself. and. as far he could. his friends
who perhaps would decline to be so bound-in
determining the precise manner in which all the
principal enactments in his future bill for the
government of Ireland should be framed.
He was not prepared and did
not intend to SO bind himself
and intelgble indications. as an honest man
should, and he was constrained to act within
their letter and spirit. He had said regarding
many important subjects the difficulties
nected with such would not allow the making of
any proposals. that he would not be a party to
making any personal opinion that would i'm
pede the settlement of great question.
passed within the conditions originally
laid down, and was not fraud upon the people,
and provided that Ireland accepted it. lCheers. J.
w
fool enough to disturb the present conditionsl
provided the settlement does nothing to i'm
pair, but rather to strengthen and consolidate
the unity of the empire" continued Mr.. Glad
stone, land provided no just claim of the
minority be neglected, I think it is wide
pledge, the strongest pledge possible. that give
In saying that in regard to the retention of Irish
mem bers at Westminster, the of imperial
credit in the purchase of Irish land. the de!ega-
tion. instead of the surrender of power to an
Irish parliament land here let me interject the
assertion that power ever surrendered,
and that there never was any proposal but to
delegate power) and in regard to the mode OF
action by which and the particular time when
a system that is English and anti Irrational in
spirit is to be changed for a system that is Irish
and national in spirt-to all of these proposals
the declaration have made applied And. rely
upon it. you will find that neither I. any
infrmities of mine, will, upon those points.
stand in the way of settlement desired
by the two countries" [Cheers. Referring to
the desire of the country that the imperial par
Lament retain ultimate power to arrest injus-
tice, Mr. Gladstone said that such power must be
retained; but because he knew that the misuse of
such power would the settlement, he
devoutly hoped and prayed tnat it would never
be used in the wantonness OF tyrannical strength.
To the Irshman. jealous of retention of his
power. his only advice would be to trust in the
of the British nation and their
rem